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Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now. I'm Sydney Silvani. New security audio reveals the tense moments when emergency personnel responded to an incoming plane on a New Orleans tarmac after an illegal immigrant allegedly threatened to hijack the aircraft and claimed he had a bomb in his backpack. Pilots aboard United Airlines Flight 2174 sounded the alarm Monday evening as the plane flew from Newark, New Jersey to New Orleans. Authorities arrested 34-year-old Roni Gomez-Alberto of Honduras, who remains jailed. The Department of Homeland Security previously confirmed Gomez-Alberto was deported from the U.S. twice before illegally reentering through California and was released by a judge in 2020. Thankfully, no one was hurt during Monday's incident. Newly released dispatch audio obtained by 4WWL reveals the suspect was possibly held in the back of the plane while passengers de-planed, capturing authorities planning to apprehend him as they learned more about the situation. Listen to the tense radio chatter from 4WWL as officers move in.
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Speaker 2: We're going to approach and enter through the rear of the aircraft. Do we have any units on scene with a cage? It's a Hispanic male wearing a hat, probably from about 5'7. Stay on the line with him. and tell him to notify you immediately if he starts trying to move towards the front of the airplane. All right, guys, we got passengers coming towards the cars. Let's keep them corralled right by our cars. He told me he's wearing all black. The advised one passenger told me he changed into all black before he started trying to reach the cockpit. All right, the advised pilots are going to stay in the cockpit with the door locked. Flight attendants are going to come off, so we're going to bring them off and bring them over here as well. He doesn't speak English. We have him at the back door. The back door has been breached by him. Aircom 400. Subject in custody.
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Speaker 1: While it remains unclear which specific agencies were communicating on that dispatch recording, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's deputies arrested Gomez Alberto at the scene. He is held in jail with no bond on charges of terrorizing, communicating false information of planned arson, and being a fugitive from justice. More crime and justice news after this. New developments in the unsolved stabbing death of New Jersey psychotherapist and mother, Brooke Hanlon, 35, as investigators returned to her home and removed potential evidence. Hanlon was found fatally stabbed inside her residence earlier this year on June 6th. Her husband, James Connor Hanlon, called 911 from the home and no arrests have been made. Neighbors say Connor Hanlon spoke with police Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday, officers removed what appeared to be a large comforter from a second-story window of the two-bedroom, two-bathroom house, which has few second-floor windows. A neighbor confirmed investigators carried out scads of items wrapped in brown paper and marked with evidence tape, including a possible headboard, hamper, and comforter or quilt. Seeing officers return Wednesday, November 4, brought tears to one neighbor's eyes, who said, I just want them to resolve this as soon as possible. Investigators returning months after the homicide could signal new leads as detectives seek DNA, examine the Hanlon's relationship, and review their digital footprint. Neighbors say Connor Hanlon has been sleeping at the home, prompting one neighbor to ask, how do you sleep in that house? Hanlon has not been accused of any crime and publicly denies involvement in his wife's death, though the Morris County Prosecutor's Office confirmed he hired a private attorney. Neighbors report seeing him doing yard work and sitting on the front porch, despite onlookers driving past on Pottersville Road taking photos and videos, while one resident spotted him in a white SUV. A New Jersey court spokesperson confirmed grand jury matters remain secret unless an indictment is returned, while a $ 1, 000 reward remains active for information leading to an arrest. In Los Angeles, a 61-year-old man suspected of driving under the influence was arrested on three counts of murder after his minivan crashed into pedestrians and a food vendor near a North Hollywood metro station, killing three women and critically injuring two others. Los Angeles police announced the arrest on Wednesday, identifying the driver as Ihor Demyanyenko of Valley Village, determining he was under the influence during Tuesday evening's crash. According to an LAPD news release, the crash occurred around 5.55 p.m. Tuesday as Demyanyenko drove a white Toyota Sienna southbound on Linkersham Boulevard, just south of Chandler Boulevard. Police say the minivan veered right at an unsafe speed, struck a food vendor and pedestrians near the sidewalk, and kept moving before becoming stuck inside a building. LAFD paramedics pronounced three Hispanic women ages 40 to 60 dead at the crash site. Their identities remain withheld pending family notification. Two other Hispanic women ages 50 to 55 were hospitalized in critical condition, while Damian Yanko suffered minor injuries and was treated at a hospital before being booked on a $ 6. 03 million bail. Mayor Karen Bass posted on X, I'm heartbroken for the families of everyone impacted. promising updates as information becomes available. LAPD Chief Jim McDonald called it a prolonged but very deliberate investigation to determine what happened here, adding, our hearts go out to the families of the victims that were struck here tonight. Anyone with information can call LAPD Valley Traffic Division at 818-644-8114. For more crime and justice news, be sure to join us for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on Fox One, YouTube, Sirius XM, and now streaming on Tubi. With this crime alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.